Rent Sense and Sensibility (1995)
3.9 of 5 from 210 ratings
2h 11min
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- Synopsis:
'Sense and Sensibility' is the story of two sisters; pragmatic Elinor (Emma Thompson) and passionate, willful Mariann (Kate Winslet). When their father, Henry Dashwood, dies, by law his estate must pass to the eldest son from his first marriage. Suddenly homeless and impoverished, his current wife and daughters find themselves living in a simple country cottage. The two sisters are soon accepted into their new society. Mariann becomes swept up in a passionate love affair with the dashing Willoughby (Greg Wise), while Elinor struggles to keep a tight reign on the family purse strings and to keep her feelings for Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant), whom she left behind, hidden from her family. Despite their different personalities, they both experience great sorrow in their affairs, but they learn to mix sense with sensibility in a society that is obsessed with both financial and social status. - Actors:
- Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Gemma Jones, Hugh Grant, Emilie François, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy, Ian Brimble, Isabelle Amyes, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise, Alexander John, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Hugh Laurie, Allan Mitchell, Josephine Gradwell
- Directors:
- Ang Lee
- Producers:
- Lindsay Doran
- Writers:
- Jane Austen, Emma Thompson
- Others:
- Emma Thompson, Patrick Doyle, Jenny Beavan, John Bright, Michael Coulter, Luciana Arrighi, Jan Archibald, Morag Ross
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Film Weddings: Part 1, A Brief History of Films About Sisters, Acting Up: British Actresses at the Oscars, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Emma Thompson, Getting to Know: Ewan Mcgregor, Holidays Film Collection, Remembering Tom Wilkinson, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Golden Bear Winners, Top 100 AFI Passions, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films
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- Release Date:
- 15/04/2013
- Run Time:
- 136 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, French Dolby Digital 5.0, German Dolby Digital 5.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Russian Dolby Digital 5.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.0
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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- Release Date:
- 13/09/2021
- Run Time:
- 136 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech Dolby Digital 5.0, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, Polish LPCM Mono, Russian Dolby Digital 5.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.0
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- Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
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- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
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Reviews (2) of Sense and Sensibility
Simply a delight - Sense and Sensibility review by JK
I cannot fault this film in any way. The cast is sublime - the very best Britain has to offer. It explores and illustrates the crushing boredom and restrictions that women in this era and of this class had to endure. Any woman with half a brain or potential had no chance when life was merely based on status, manners and dresses that 'enhanced' your child-rearing abilities - i.e. having an embonpoint.
This is a real feel-good film.
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It's only when you see.... - Sense and Sensibility review by SB
more complete adaptations of Sense and Sensibility (the BBC has made three, most recently the 2008 version) that you realise how many chunks of the story have been omitted from this version, and also how many characters are lost, as well as gratuitous changes made to details (although not the main plot line). Of course, a two hour film version must inevitably be selective, but the losses are considerable.
On the credit side, most of the performances are very good, although some of the cast are far too old for the roles they are meant to play. Alan Rickman especially, but also Emma Thompson and Greg Wise. Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele stands out, and Hugh Grant is good in a relatively early role as Edmund Ferrars - very restrained. Harriet Walter is perhaps too harsh rather than feline as Fanny and Elizabeth Spriggs overdoes it a bit as Mrs Jennings.
Not all of the locations are satisfactory - Sir John Middleton's house is far too grand, for example. But the overall scenic and costume design are good.
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